Chapter 63
How did it get there?!
Ye Bai widened her eyes and was shocked at first. She had previously guessed that the donkey was related to the undead mutation. After seeing the lich, she understood the reason, but she didn't expect the donkey to be here too.
Seeing this scene, many guesses flashed through Ye Bai's mind.
She looked at the donkey standing not far from the altar. The other undead kept a distance from that location, probably because they had received orders from the lich not to get close, but the donkey stood there in a swagger.
It was clearly a living donkey, but not only did the nearby dragonborn undead seem not to see it, even the powerful lich who was performing a ceremony next to the altar did not seem to notice its existence.
Ye Bai was filled with questions and curiosity. What was the donkey trying to do there? Was it trying to disrupt the ceremony?
Apart from this possibility, Ye Bai could not think of any other reason.
If this ritual of transforming the undead is truly successful, it will undoubtedly be an insult to the ancient dragon clan that once roared at the sky and looked down equally on all creatures that were not as powerful as themselves.
Unfortunately, the dragonborn around them, who had already turned into undead, were unaware that they were performing a blasphemous ritual against the ancient dragons they once worshipped and believed in.
After transforming into undead, their stance will be opposite to that of the living. Even the lich who leads the ceremony may have once been a worshiper of the dragon clan. Perhaps this is the way it expresses worship in its eyes.
Previously, because he could see the paper man, Ye Bai speculated that the donkey could speak dragon language and had a special relationship with the dragon clan. Could its true identity be the last hidden dragon?
Ye Bai couldn't help but imagine, the dragon and the donkey... It seems difficult to match them, but from the perspective of various drama routines, it seems very "reasonable".
After all, I have only been friends with the donkey for two days. If the donkey is really an ancient dragon or has a close relationship with the ancient dragon, and I helped it in this obviously important incident, wouldn't my favorability towards it increase rapidly?
As for the mask matter, it was done to help it, and the matter of the dragon mark should be forgotten... right?
Ye Bai looked around and then jumped down from the stone he was standing on.
Relying on the fact that she wouldn't be recognized, she decided to go over and take a look first.
Even if the lich has a very small chance of mastering the undead detection skill, it should not notice her now that it is busy with the ritual.
As if he had experienced an alien version of "crowded subway", Ye Bai pushed aside the "fanatical" look at the dragon-born undead on the altar, and approached the direction of the altar with some difficulty.
Even if the expected mount taming fails, gaining the favor of a powerful NPC who is suspected to be from the divine realm is a very good gain.
Although they were both suspected to be hidden big shots, Ye Bai always had a much better impression of the donkey than the paper man. It all came down to human nature. The paper man had always been very enthusiastic and attentive, which made Ye Bai dare not believe him.
Thinking of the paper man, Ye Bai suddenly had another idea. At this time, she passed through a group of dragon-born undead and finally walked out of the position of the "first row" of undead near the altar.
But when we got here, we didn't see the donkey anymore.
Ye Bai took a tentative step forward in front of the two dragonborns, ready to retreat at any time, but her "queue-cutting" action did not attract the attention of the other undead.
It seemed as if they couldn't get close because they were suppressed for some reason, rather than consciously making room, so whether Ye Bai could stand farther or closer than them was her own business.
At this distance, Ye Bai was only thirty meters away from the bone altar. She could even hear the magic spell chanted from the lich's mouth:
"Antito... Lusvinia... Powerful dead, please answer my prayer... and rise from the darkness..."
Complex syllables and high-frequency sounds that are difficult for other races to imitate and replicate emanate from the lich's mouth. Its hoarse voice is filled with a gloomy and terrifying atmosphere.
The other party spoke ancient dragon language mixed with the language of the dead, and Ye Bai heard part of it through the translation of the system.
Keeping at this distance, Ye Bai used a spell of insight on the lich over there who was wearing a tattered black wizard robe and had a golden whistle hanging around his neck.
【Dragon Lich Zerus】
Level: ? ?
Health: ??? / ???
Skills: Scourge of the Undead, Resurrection of the Dead, ???
Weaknesses: Light, Fire, ???
Seeing the Lich's skills, Ye Bai's eyes twitched. [Scourge of the Undead] is a signature legendary magic in the Undead magic. The minimum level to use legendary magic is a demigod above level 80.
This is undoubtedly a demigod-level BOSS, with a name and his own story background.
Can't be discovered!
Ye Bai immediately became alert. If she was hit by one of the opponent's skills, even with the very powerful Crocodile King Wristguard, her blood volume would definitely not be enough.
As she observed the lich up close, Ye Bai's gaze quickly focused again. Before, she was too far away, and the dragon lich was covered by soul flames, so she couldn't see clearly. Now she could see clearly what the lich was holding in his hand.
It was an open, thick, pure black book.
Without having to ask the paper man, Ye Bai could basically confirm that the book that the lich was holding for the ritual must be the precious code that was supposed to be stored in the deepest part of the dragon clan's treasure house!
Transforming an ancient dragon is not a simple task. This book should play a huge role in the ceremony. No wonder the paper man wants to enter it and gain power.
Before leaving the treasure house, Ye Bai took out the magic scroll and kept it in his backpack. Is he going to let the paper man out now?
Just as Ye Bai was hesitating, he suddenly felt something pulling his cloak.
When Ye Bai lowered his head, he was delighted. It turned out to be the elusive donkey!
Sweeping over the other unresponsive undead, she now discovered something. The donkey seemed to have a natural magical power that made people ignore it. Ye Bai came here relying on the mask, and the donkey relied on this ability to make the undead nearby, including the lich above, seem to ignore it.
The donkey gave Ye Bai a look, as if asking why he was here.
——I’m here to help you!
Ye Bai made faces, wondering if the donkey could understand.
The donkey then bit Ye Bai's cloak and pulled it in one direction, motioning her to follow.
Ye Bai followed suit and followed the donkey, which ignored the undead, carefully circling the altar until he came to a rocky area. The undead were blocked by a tall rock behind them, but when he stuck his head out from here, he could see the back of the lich chanting a spell on the bone altar.
"How do you want to return to your body?"
Ye Bai leaned close to the donkey's ear and asked in a voice as low as possible.
The donkey turned around after hearing this and looked at Ye Bai with a strange look.
Ye Bai was stunned. What happened? Was her guess wrong?
The donkey came to the altar where the ceremony was held. Considering that it could understand dragon language and was waiting nearby in front of the corpse of a dead ancient dragon that was about to be transformed into an undead by a lich, could it not be the soul of this ancient dragon that was wandering outside for some reason?
"Isn't that your physical body?" Ye Bai pointed at the huge dragon corpse that was so huge that the end of it could not be seen from this angle, and communicated with the donkey using gestures and silent lip language.
Isn't the donkey waiting here to borrow this consciousness and return to its physical body?
——You are crazy!
The donkey rolled his eyes and clearly conveyed this meaning to Ye Bai with his eyes.
What's that donkey doing here?!
While Ye Bai was surprised, the dragon lich's spell reached a high-pitched part at this time.
A pure and huge soul fire like a ghost sun, guided by the dragon lich's slender skeletal hand, emerged from the codex in his hand and floated towards the head of the ancient dragon's corpse.
The dragon corpse, which was originally lifeless with its eyes closed, suddenly opened its eyes, revealing a pair of huge eyes that were completely black.
The soul fire approached the dragon corpse, and the light was projected into the dark eyes, reflecting two strange flames, full of ominousness.
The soul fire of the dragon lich emerged from its head, showing that it was very emotional and it was the critical moment of the ritual.
The next moment, Ye Bai knew what the donkey was doing here. It did something that Ye Bai had never expected.
"Ahhh!"
The donkey suddenly brayed and jumped rapidly. Ye Bai saw that after the first jump, it stepped on the air and made a higher double jump.
When the second jump reached its peak, the donkey's mouth arrived in front of the soul fire that was about to fly into the dragon's head.
"Tear"——
Just like eating the bread that Ye Bai handed to it, the donkey took a big bite of the soul fire that was like a small sun, which Ye Bai couldn't tell whether it was energy magic or soul. It was like biting off a solid object.
With this action, the donkey's previous magic power that made its own presence disappear of course no longer existed.
All the undead present looked towards it, and the dragon lich on the altar let out a deafening roar:
"Where did this thief come from!"
The terrifying magical fluctuations created a powerful air wave that swept across the entire altar. Just by being blown by the wind, Ye Bai began to suffer several consecutive '-133' sweeping damages.
After doing all this, the donkey knew that the situation was not good. It twisted its butt and jumped onto the other side of the undead army that was close together at a very fast speed, stepping on their heads and shoulders and running quickly.
Ye Bai looked at the donkey that disappeared in less than two or three seconds, and his mind was filled with one sentence:
I haven't gotten on the bus yet!
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